Comment on Dishwasher guide: salt will harm the stainless steel lining. What about salt water in stainless steel pots?

rImITywR@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• plantteacher@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Starchy water sitting around is a breading ground for bacteria. Don’t do that.

  That water is brine, if you do it right. Salt is a good preservative. I’ve tested it with up to 2 reuses.

  Also, dishwashers don’t clean with salt water. They use the salt to reset their internal water softener.

  Not sure why you thought I thought dishwashers clean with salt water. The manual’s advice was to mitigate salt grains that did not get into the salt reservoir that would sit on the stainless steel potentially for days.

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  • rImITywR@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Brine is the exact condition that life needs/thrives in. “About as salty as the ocean” is really good at supporting microbial growth. Source

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    • plantteacher@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i get 403 forbidden w/that link. And archive.org chokes on it too for some reason.

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      • stom@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Life started in the ocean, so logically this makes no sense.

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